Monthly Archives: March 2020

What Do We Really Know about COVID-19?

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Joe Benning

A fascinating conversation between Reason Magazine’s Nick Gillespie and Science Correspondent Ron Bailey. See below. JFB

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Why is there a Shortage of Medical Equipment to Fight COVID-19?

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Joe Benning

Gary Becker, a Nobel Prize winning economist from the University of Chicago was once asked what government’s mainly produces. “Lines” he replied. So here we are in March 2020 with the economy screeching to a halt and citizens staying in … Continue reading →

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Democrats are Behaving Disgracefully

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Joe Benning

For the second time in 2 days the Democratic caucus in the Senate voted unanimously (except for Doug Jones, D. AL) to refuse to allow a vote by the full Senate on a $2 trillion bill designed to cushion the … Continue reading →

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Judge Napolitano on Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and the Constitutional Order

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Joe Benning

With each passing day the failure of the welfare state to accomplish its stated objectives becomes more and more obvious. Needless to say failure hasn’t dimmed progressive enthusiasm for the politics of command and control. The progressive project, still lauded … Continue reading →

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The Narrative

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Joe Benning

One of the more disheartening developments in what we laughingly call public debate has been the extraordinary emphasis placed on “the narrative”. The whole point of “the narrative” is issue framing. Instead of facts like who, what, where, why and … Continue reading →

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Are the Brains of Men and Women Different?

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Joe Benning

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John Stossel & Star Parker on The Lie of the Left

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Joe Benning

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The Supposedly Moderate Mr. Biden

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Joe Benning

Former Vice President Joe Biden got into a shouting match, not unlike others he has had, with a Michigan auto worker at a campaign stop. The subject was 2nd amendment rights. Biden is being presented as Everyman, the proverbial nice … Continue reading →

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Now What?

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Joe Benning

Campaign Finance Recent events have proved to be clarifying if unedifying. Michael Bloomberg did us the enormous favor of spending over $500 million in an effort to win the Democratic Presidential nomination. For his efforts he won a total of … Continue reading →

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